[2][3] It may also have military applications, including for mine countermeasures and undersea surveillance.
[4] The Eelume is designed to be either entirely autonomous, or capable of being controlled remotely by an operator.
[5] The Eelume is intended to be deployed permanently underwater, housed at subsea docking stations.
[4] Eelume CEO Arne Kjørsvik has said they anticipate the vehicle being available on the market in late 2019.
[4] The company designing Eelume began in 2015 as a spinoff from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),[4] founded by a team of entrepreneurs including NTNU professor Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen.